APPENDIX. 



TRANSFER OF SALMON TO AUSTRALIA. 



Page 185. 



The question of the transport of salmon to Aus- 

 tralia is just now exciting great public interest. 

 The AustraHan authorities have voted considerable 

 sums of money towards carrying out this object, 

 and have caused several experiments to be made, 

 which have not met with a very satisfactory result. 

 A new series of experiments have now been insti- 

 tuted, and by the kindness of my friend, J. Youl, 

 Esq., I have been allowed to add my humble assist- 

 ance in developing the theory that the only way to 

 carry salmon to Australia will be by freezing the ova 

 in ice, and hatching the young fish out when arrived 

 at their destination. Through the kindness of the 

 Editor, I am enabled to give consecutive reports of 

 these experiments, which have from time to time 

 appeared in '' The Field," and which, as the idea 

 is novel and the results highly satisfactory, cannot 

 fail to be interesting. There are, I am aware, many 

 persons who tell us that salmon can never be taken 

 to Australia, and if they arrive there, they can 

 never Hve there ; anyhow, we shall see what is to 

 be done ; if it is a failure, why then it is a failure ; 



